What's On @ ANU

	EXHIBITION
	Neology: Graduate Season 2010: Season One Wednesday, 3 February 2010 - Friday, 12 February 2010 ANU School of Art Gallery A series of exhibitions showcasing works produced by candidates for the PhD, Master of Philosophy, Master of Arts (Visual Arts), and the Graduate Diploma of Art. more»

SYMPOSIUM

Never the Twain?: East and West Cultural Self-Images in Auto/Biography
Tuesday, 9 February 2010 - Thursday, 11 February 2010
Sir Roland Wilson Building 120

This symposium brings together a range of leading scholars from different disciplines, all dealing with aspects of life story, to examine the question of what might constitute significant differences between life writing in different places.

PUBLIC LECTURE

Asia-Pacific Week 2010: Bali-continuity and change. Becoming Indonesian: Cultural identity in the 1950s
Wednesday, 10 February 2010 at 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Seminar Room B, HC Coombs Building, Building 8

Focusing on the questions of cultural identity and change this paper explores the longstanding engagement between Balinese and foreigners, in order to stress the dynamic tensions between what is perceived as local and what as foreign, and how their fusion was crucial in establishing the image of Bali as intrinsically linked to 'culture' and 'art'. What did 'being Indonesian' mean in the 1950s? And what does thinking about this tell us about Indonesia today, and about issues of cultural identity?

PUBLIC LECTURE

Asia-Pacific Week 2010: Unconventional Engagement: A half century thinking Japan
Wednesday, 10 February 2010 at 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Lecture Theatre 3, Hedley Bull Centre, Building 130

Gavan McCormack is an emeritus professor at Australian National University in Canberra, a coordinator of Japan Focus, the online Asia Pacific Journal, and author of Target North Korea: Pushing North Korea to the Brink of Nuclear Catastrophe and Client State: Japan in the American Embrace.

PUBLIC LECTURE

The Mekong - A river under threat
Wednesday, 10 February 2010 at 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Sparke Helmore Theatre 1

International environmental specialists from the Mekong Region will share their concerns regarding massive hydropower dams planned for the Mekong River. Covering such areas as impacts of infrastructure, environmental sustainability and food security the speakers will give an up to date picture of the existing eco-system surrounding the Mekong River and the threat it faces in light of renewed plans for hydropower development.

FILM

Asia-Pacific Week 2010: 'Talentime' movie screening
Wednesday, 10 February 2010 at 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Arc Cinema, National Film & Sound Archive, McCoy Circuit, Acton

The Malaysian box office hit of 2009 will have its Canberra premiere screening in honour of director Ahmad, who passed away soon after the film's completion. This event is part of Asia-Pacific Week 2010. FREE admission, but bookings essential on 6238 2000 as seating is limited.